Clearly, Rin was right. Given how much Lingchen doted on the two little ones, she would definitely be fine.
"Chenchen, Rin really will be all right, won't she?"
Although Lingchen had saved both the Herrscher of Death and Himiko before, in one case, the Herrscher consciousness had merged with the original consciousness, and with Lingchen's help, she had regained her humanity and escaped Honkai's control. In the other, Himiko had reacted quickly and used the contingency Lingchen had left behind as soon as she realized something was wrong, but she had still nearly been corrupted by the Herrscher consciousness.
So Elysia really was a little worried, even though the Fox-shaped Honkai Beast genes Rin had fused with were themselves inclined toward mental abilities.
Aponia left her seat, went over to Sakura, and drew Rin tightly into her arms right in front of her.
"God is with you, Rin."
Rin: "..." "She'll be fine."
Naturally, Lingchen would not make any jokes that were inappropriate for the situation at a time like this.
"Because the Twelfth Herrscher has already descended."
Everyone: "..." At Lingchen's words, even Rin went pale.
"The Herrscher of Corruption won't truly be born before its host dies. It will only lie dormant inside the host."
Lingchen waved a hand, and Rin hurried over to him.
"Rin has my power in her, so the Herrscher of Corruption's core was isolated long ago."
Lingchen curled a finger, drawing a mass of black substance out of Rin's body.
Frightened, Rin shrank into Lingchen's arms. The pitch-black substance looked like a thick cloud of black smoke, but as a mental-type MANTIS, Rin could also sense the corruption within that "smoke."
She hurriedly closed her eyes and buried her little head in Lingchen's arms.
"So there wasn't actually any need to hold this